Ukraine offers energy ceasefire; Russia rejects pause in fighting

Ukraine has offered to halt strikes on Russian energy facilities if Moscow spares Ukrainian infrastructure, but Russia has rejected a pause in fighting. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the proposal on Tuesday at the UN summit in New York. Zelensky said he does not know Moscow's exact stance on the "energy ceasefire" but hopes the US can persuade Russia to negotiate. He later called a meeting with US President Donald Trump "positive and productive," stating both agree the war must end before winter. The US has been trying to end the conflict since Trump returned to the White House, but previous talks between US, Russian, and Ukrainian negotiators have yielded no results. The information comes from news agencies and war parties and cannot be independently verified.